Does SaaS Remove the Need for Software Asset Management (SAM)?
“Why do we need to manage software assets when we use SaaS? We have nothing to install?” This question, or some derivative, is heard with increasing frequency among Scalable Software’s prospects and customers. It’s a fair question, and reflects, at once, a fundamental understanding of SaaS and a misunderstanding about the real benefits of Software [...]
Software Usage Monitoring
Great article that aims to provide an introduction to software usage, clarify terminology and perhaps help you build a business case for implementing software usage monitoring. Check it out!
Servers – The Second Class Citizens of SAM
A Google search on software audits will yield many articles that point to a dramatic rise in audit activity in recent years as software vendors look to cover the shortfall in conventional revenue. Many of the articles are published by or sponsored by organizations that offer tools that help with software asset management; a discipline [...]
A Scalable Developer’s Favorite Power Tools
Anyone who has used a computer for a long time will have built up a library of their favorite “power tools.” What’s a power tool? Obviously we’re not talking about a circular saw of a cordless drill. The term power tool has also been applied to computer software. If I had to describe a “power [...]
Surviving Your Next Software Audit: 5 Ways Scalable Software Can Help
At a recent Gartner conference, 61% said they had been audited by at least one software vendor in the past 12 months[1]. These software audits are the cause of much anxiety. Software waste adds significant and ongoing additional costs to most organizations. It is created when any organization purchases software which adds no value and [...]
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